MAN/32UE/LUS/2022/0001 — service charge decision
In MAN/32UE/LUS/2022/0001, decided 1 December 2022, the First-tier Tribunal considered 3 disputed service charge items at 27-34 Archer Road, Branston, Lincoln and reached a mixed result: 1 item was reduced or disallowed. Full decision on GOV.UK below.
Property: 27-34 Archer Road, Branston, Lincoln
Decision date: 1 December 2022
Full decision: Read on GOV.UK
Managing agent named in the decision: HLM Property Management.
What was challenged and what the tribunal decided
| Item | Demanded | Allowed | Outcome | Grounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Management fees (2020) | £835.46 | £197.80 | Reduced | Costs unreasonably incurred (s19(1)(a)), Landlord could not evidence the cost |
| Other charges (2020) | £313.44 | £313.44 | Allowed in full | — |
| Reserve fund contributions (2020) | £1,704 | £1,704 | Allowed in full | — |
Key passages (verbatim)
“HLM's Transaction Listing includes £791.65 deducted from the service charge account for management fees in May 2020, and a further £43.81 for management fees from 1st to 8th June. No explanation of these figures has been provided.”
“the Applicant accepted that payments had been made in respect of electricity, emergency lighting maintenance and window cleaning totalling £313.44, and that the service charge balance at acquisition should be reduced by this sum.”
“The parties agreed that on the acquisition date HLM were holding £1704 in the leaseholders' sinking fund.”
“HLM's Transaction Listing includes £791.65 deducted from the service charge account for management fees in May 2020, and a further £43.81 for management fees from 1st to 8th June. No explanation of these figures has been provided.”
This summary is assembled from the structured record of the published decision; amounts appear only where the tribunal stated them. Always rely on the full decision itself.